Analysis of Levitation Characteristics of a Radial-Type High-Temperature Superconducting Bearing Based on Numerical Simulation

Author

Zhiqiang Yu ; Guomin Zhang ; Qingquan Qiu ; Lei Hu ; Dong Zhang ; Ming Qiu

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Appl. Supercond., Inst. of Electr. Eng., Beijing, China

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Jun-15

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A two-dimensional (2D) axisymmetric finite-element model was proposed to simulate the levitation characteristics of a radial-type high-temperature superconducting (HTS) bearing. The E-J power law together with an H-formulation was used to consider the superconducting state. The numerical model was successfully implemented using a FORTRAN program. A comparison of the experimental results with the simulation was given to validate the model. It shows that they have good agreement. The electromagnetic behavior inside the HTS bulks was also analyzed. The model presented in this paper can be used to optimize the design of a radial-type HTS bearing.

Keywords

finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic bearings; magnetic levitation; superconducting magnets; 2D axisymmetric finite-element model; E-J power law; FORTRAN program; H-formulation; HTS bearing; HTS bulks; electromagnetic behavior; levitation characteristic analysis; numerical model; numerical simulation; radial-type high-temperature superconducting bearing; superconducting state; two-dimensional axisymmetric finite-element model; Finite element analysis; Force; High-temperature superconductors; Levitation; Magnetic fields; Numerical models; Superconducting magnets; $H$-formulation; Finite-element model; H-formulation; Levitation characteristics; finite element model; levitation characteristics; numerical simulation; radial-type high-temperature superconducting (HTS) bearing; radial-type high-temperature superconducting bearing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2014.2368453

Filename

6949136